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2020 to 2025 2020 to 2025 1 Printed on recycled paper Printed to imperial standard foolscap quartro CONTENTS Chair’s Message 8 We Promised, And We Delivered 9 Our Services To You 10 What Would Westside Look Like Without The Bid? 11 What Will The New And Improved Bid Bring? 12 Why Voting Matters 13 Why ‘Westside Bid’? 14 Minimising Crime And Anti-Social Behaviour 15 Retail Crime Operations 16 Westside Welcomes Commonwealth Games 2022 17 Marketing Available To Our Westside Members 18 Westside Vision 19 West Midlands Metro Tram Extension Onto Westside 23 Westside’s Main Attractions 24 Map Of Westside Bid 26 How Will The Bid Be Financed? 28 Westside Budget Forecast 30 Board Of Directors 32 The Westside Bid Team 34 6 7 CHAIR’S MESSAGE The Westside Business Improvement District (BID) has gone from strength to strength. This has been in a period when the challenge to our area has never been greater. At the time of writing this article in December 2019, the West Midland Metro tram extension has been emerging in Centenary Square as the latest stage of that project. Along the length of Broad Street there is still much disruption as this extension slowly moves forward. We are committed to working with the Mayor’s office and the team who are building the tram extension, offering encouragement as a critical friend. In other areas we have consulted in detail with our membership on the content of our proposal to continue as a BID. You have told us three things: 1. You want to see more of our wardens’ patrols. 2. You want the BID to increase its marketing of the area. 3. You want your BID levy payments to remain the same. I am delighted to tell you that the BID board agrees with you, and we have identified and restructured our budgets to deliver all three of the above. This will mean more wardens on Westside, enhanced marketing of the area and your levy held at current rates. I am convinced that with your support Westside BID will continue to achieve the following for all its members: • Keep crime low and Westside SAFER by providing a professional high-profile warden service, supporting our colleagues in law enforcement. Dipesh Mistry • Keep the streets CLEANER in Westside by providing an Westside BID Chair & Local Director, Natwest environmental warden five days a week. • Keep promoting the area and making Westside a BRIGHTER place to be with enhanced and deliverable marketing strategies. Thank for your ongoing support. Westside BID = safer, cleaner, brighter. 8 WE PROMISED, AND WE DELIVERED Here at Westside we are committed to fulfilling our promises We promised … continued street cleaning services to you. Our members’ satisfaction is at the core of everything we do therefore we try our best to meet all your requirements. We delivered … effective street cleaning services. Street Here is a list of things we promised and how we delivered on the cleaning is one of the many popular services the BID provides. various tasks: We pride ourselves in ensuring that Westside is cleaner, brighter and safer for the benefit of our members and visitors coming We promised … street wardens into our area. On average our street cleaners collects 720 bags a litter, which is equivalent to 15,948 litres of litter removed We delivered … we have a dedicated team of 15 street a year, in addition to the council’s cleaning services. We have wardens who are committed to ensuring that our area is always special clean ups if required, for example if an event results protected, deterring criminal activity within the area. The in extra rubbish, drugs paraphernalia and Debris left by rough Westside Street Wardens patrol the area for an average of more sleepers is also removed by the Street Cleaners and Street than 250 hours a week, the equivalent to 13,000 hours a year. Warden team. Included as part of the cleaning services we The street wardens also provide a pastoral function to visitors also provide a graffiti removal service. Any instances of graffiti and businesses e.g. directing lost visitors unfamiliar with the that occur are reported by Street Wardens or Businesses and area and providing escorts to staff when required. removed as soon as possible. Our additional support ensures Westside is well maintained for businesses and a continued tourist attraction. We promised … enhanced marketing projection We are delivering … more marketing opportunities. As a business we understand the importance of marketing and We promised ... a brighter environment advertising. We have a strong online presence on all social We delivered … a Black Sabbath bench on the new Black media platforms including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Sabbath Bridge on Broad Street. The original unveiling of this LinkedIn. We are also extremely proud of the latest part of ‘heavy metal’ bench and then its installation on the bridge our marketing package – the Westside World Magazine. This stimulated the attention of media from around the world. From free magazine is printed and distributed across Westside every the local Birmingham Mail and BBC Midlands Today, to the quarter, providing members with a platform to publicise their national music press and international TV, stories about the success stories, inform people about their events and highlight bench and the launch event were seen and watched by millions any issues they are facing. We also provide opportunities for of people. businesses to benefit from free advertisement, enabling them to reach a mass audience through our magazine. Our constant marketing has brought more than 60,000 tourists to Westside’s canals, businesses, galleries and theatres. The BID Westside World is for everyone, both in print and online. We has also provided seasonal flowers and festive Christmas lights deliver physical copies to your place of work, have more copies around the area, helping to brighten everyone’s daily life. available to pick up around the area and host it on our recently relaunched website … www.westsidebid.co.uk. Over the last few months we have delivered more than 3,000 physical copies of the Westside World. Our website also reaches out to the wider public with news stories, pictures, videos and information several times a week, marketing these stories via our multiple social media platforms. 9 OUR SERVICES TO YOU Westside BID is committed to providing exceptional service to Birmingham City Council as the relevant billing and public all members, complementing the services currently provided authority has not been able to provide a comprehensive or by Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Police. This definitive detail in respect of existing baseline services. We additional will ensure that Westside continues to grow from are hopeful soon they may be able to undertake this and will strength to strength. communicate with our members should this occur. There are many services that the council provides, but we can’t Westside BID’s Objectives always measure their specific impact on the BID area. What we • Continue to provide street wardens who help to minimise are doing is promoting effective engagement and dialogue with criminal activity within the area, offering a welcome to all Birmingham City Council for our members, to help them benefit visitors. from what’s available. This includes services such as: • Continue to provide street cleaning services around the • Planning area to ensure that it’s pleasant and well maintained. • Economic development • Create multiple marketing opportunities to help advertise the area and promote our members. • Transportation • Promote schemes to improve and manage the • Strategy environmental quality of the BID area. • Trading standards and licensing • Carefully manage Westside BID as set out in this proposal. • Working with our partners and understanding their vision. • City centre management • Environmental health 10 WHAT WOULD WESTSIDE LOOK LIKE WITHOUT THE BID? Westside BID’s team is determined to work hard with all our Walk of Stars. Here at Westside we are the proud home to partners to make sure we deliver all the services requested by Broad Street’s Walk of Stars. We are thrilled to have awarded our members. Our diverse and well-trained team are committed stars to more than 40 well-respected individuals and teams to supporting the area at all times. Without the BID’s support, from various sectors. Our panel who decide the recipients of the Westside wouldn’t be as vibrant as it has become, and we want star is led by Birmingham’s own legendary and world-famous to ensure the area continues to progress. comedian, Jasper Carrott. Street cleaning. Westside BID is committed to enhancing Street wardens. We have a well-trained team of street the appearance of the area. Therefore in addition to the work wardens who patrol the area for an average of more than 250 provided by the council we are proud to provide street cleaning hours a week, working closely with West Midlands Police. This services, to ensure the area is as clean and pleasant as possible. additional support ensures that all BID members’ staff, visitors On average we collect 60 bags of litter a month which equates and the general public feel protected. The frequent patrolling to 720 bags a year. We also clean up debris left by rough helps to minimise criminal activity within the area. In addition sleepers and drug users, in addition we remove graffiti at the to this we ensure that beggars are quickly and effectively earliest opportunity. This in addition to the litter removed by moved on. We continue to provide support to venues dealing Birmingham City Council. with difficult individuals and tense situations on a daily basis. Wardens liaise with City Watch to ensure that incidents are Frequent promotion of the area.
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